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W. KLIE.

RULE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.y

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I UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

lWALTER KLIE, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER KLIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State oi' Ohio, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Rules, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of rulesof that class which are particularly adapted for the use of plumbers, architects and others in effecting a predetermined lccation of hot water radiator inlet and outlet pipes and the objects of my invention are to rovidea rule oil this class so divided and lettered as to admit of a plumber, architect or other.A person readily determining the points in the ioor oi a room through which the inlet and outlet pipes of a hot water radiator must passand to so construct and dividesaid rule as to admit of these points being accurately located regardless ol' the num berof sections ,which may be used in the radiator construction and to produce other improvements the details of which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing, in`

which:

Figure l is a face view of one of my improved rules showing a portion thereoil roken away, Fig. 2 is a view ol' the opposite face from that shown in Fig. 1, of a portion of one of said rules, and, Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line .as-x of Fig. 2. v,

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a rule body c, of the usual oblong form-as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawing. Toward one end of the rule body on the left of the center of the length thereof, I. provide one face of the rule with4 a transverse division mark which is indicated at b and on opposite sides of said mark are printed on said rule face, two zero marks as shown. At a predetermined distance i'rom and to the left of the division mark b is a division mark c, ad'acent to which are printed or stamped the liigures i and To the left of the division mark c are other spaced division marks d, eandf adjacent to which are stamped respectively the gures and signs, 1, 111;, 1% and 2, the later being, as shown, adjacentto the end of the ru'le. lThe divisioinarks c, d, e, f and the end of the rule, are distanced respectively 'from the mark b on the fullsized rule,

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Application led January 2, 1908.

Patented June 1,5, 1909.

Serial No. 408,884.

4%., 5%, 6, 7 and 8%, the length of these spaces being predetermined as essential in accomplishing the objects of my invention. The inch and fractional inch markings adjacent to the division marks above described, indicate various sizes of pipe valves and elbows which may be used and the distances between the division mark b and the division marks c, d, e,f and the end of the rule, represent respectively the lineal spaces oc.

cupied by the pipe valves and elbows of a radiator.

To the right of the division mark b are ar` ranged successively properly distanced transverse division marks g and on the right of each one of these division marks g is a short division mark h. The distances between the division mark b and the first mark g and between the remaining marks g, indicate respectively the spaces occupied by one radiator section, while the g distances between each ol' the marks g and the short mark 7L tol thev right thereof, indicates the combined spaces occupied by the bushings at each end of the radiator. For convenience the space' on the rule between the mark b and the first mark g to the right, has printed thereon "Number of radiator sections while the remaining spaces between the marks g and ad-- jacent to the marks, have printed thereon "1 Sec. Bushings 2 Sec. Bushings 3 Sec. Bushings and so on up to 25 Sec. Bushings. l

As indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the

lopposite or reverse face of the rule fromthat heretofore described, has printed or stamped thereon, the' usual inch and fractional inch markings, thus permitting the use of the device aiter the manner of using an ordinary rule.

In order to illustrate the use ol' my improved rule, we will assume that it is pro.

posed to set a hot water radiator composed of 24 sections and that the fittings or valves and elbows at the ends thereof are of the 1i inch size: By laying the rule on the floor or ilo'or framework, the points where the inlet and outlet pipes at the respective ends of the radiator` ,should pass through the floor or floor frame, can be accurately located by marking the iloor opposite that division mark g adjacent to which is the indication 24 Sec. and again marking the floor opposite the division mark e ad'acent to which are the figures and sign l. n order to include the space which will be occupied by the bushing at both ends of the radiator, the iloor should-,be marked opposite the short division mark h which is` to the right of the 24 Sec.l mark.

It Will be understood that where other `numbers of sections are to be employed than that indicated inthe example above, or Where other sizes of pipe fittings are to be' used, the floor markings for the pipes Will be made opposite thev proper rule division` marks..

From the construction and operation described, itWill be readily seen that sim le and effective meansIare provided for quic y and accurately determining the locations of the inletl and outlet pipes of a hot water radiator and that a rule constructed as-deliminary detail measurements of the various elements of the radiator.

Whatl claim, is:

A rule of the character described having on oneside thereof an intermediate zerof point and arranged upon one side of said zero point,V aplurality of division marks, which, 1n conjunction With the intermediate zero point, indicate the space occupied by one or more radiator sections, said marks being designated by numbers which correspond to the vnumber of radiator sections required to fill the space between said marks and the interinediate zero point, additional division marks arranged between the radiator section marks and indicating, in conjunction with the first named division marks, thespaces occupied by the bushings required for a radi ator of the number of sectionsindicated by the adjacent radiator'section mark, and a plurality of division marks upon the opposite side of the zero mark spacedto agree fittings but indicated by numerals corresponding to the different diametric sizes of said fittings.

In ,testimony whereof I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

WALTER KLIE.

Witnesses: g 0.10. SHEPHERD,

L. CARL STOUGHTON.

.with the linear measurements of the radiator 

